Last week, the Home Office published its annual statistics detailing the number of scientific experiments involving animals ...
Last week I attended the UK government’s first ever regional investment summit in Birmingham. Led by West Midlands mayor ...
A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine ...
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are ...
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will hold two oral evidence sessions this week. It has been reported that the committee is weighted against assisted ...
It’s official. The Conservative Party leadership has joined the ranks of climate deniers, in a race to the bottom with Nigel Farage and Donald Trump to see whose head can sink deepest into the sand.
“Now, the Tories – do you remember them?” Keir Starmer had spoken for a full 50 minutes before acknowledging the existence of Labour’s historic rival. The line was met with laughter – a fleeting ...
A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who serves jointly as a pensions and Treasury minister, delivered the remarks ...
The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Delivering the Robin Cook memorial lecture was one of the greatest privileges of my time in Parliament. But it wasn’t just a ...
The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. The Terminally Ill Adults Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords today. I was devastated when it was passed by the ...
The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is set to fundamentally improve work for the millions of workers stuck on exploitative short ...